South Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Ayrshire County constituency
Created:	1868
Abolished:	1983
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

South Ayrshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1983, when it was abolished. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post voting system.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 provided that the new South Ayrshire constituency was to consist of the District of Kyle and Carrick, consisting of the parishes of Auchinleck, Ayr, Ballantrae, Barr, Colmonell, Coylton, Craigie, Dailly, Dalmellington, Dalrymple, Dundonald, Galston, Girvan, Kirkmichael, Kirkoswald, Mauchline, Maybole, Monkton and Prestwick, Muirkirk, New Cumnock, Newton-on-Ayr, Ochiltree, Old Cumnock, Riccarton, St Quivox, Sorn, Stair, Straiton, Symington and Tarbolton.

From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The county districts of Ayr and Carrick, inclusive of all burghs situated therein except insofar as included in the Ayr District of Burghs."

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1868	Sir David Wedderburn
	1874	Claud Alexander	Conservative
	1885	Eugene Wason	Liberal
	1886	Greville Richard Vernon	Liberal Unionist
	1892	Eugene Wason	Liberal
	1895	Sir William Arrol	Liberal
	1906	Sir William Phipson Beale KC	Liberal
	1918	James Brown	Labour
	1931	James Orr MacAndrew	Conservative
	1935	James Brown	Labour
	1939	Alexander Sloan	Labour
	1946	Emrys Hughes	Labour
	1970	James Sillars	Labour
	1976	James Sillars	Scottish Labour Party
	1979	George Foulkes	Labour Co-operative
1983		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

General Election 1935: Ayrshire South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon James Brown OBE	18,190
	Conservative	Maj James Orr MacAndrew	13,396

General Election 1931: Ayrshire South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Capt James Orr MacAndrew	16,657
	Labour	Rt Hon James Brown OBE	13,733

General Election 1906: Ayrshire South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Phipson Beale KC	7,853
	Conservative	James J. Bell	6,611

General Election 1886: Ayrshire South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Hon Greville Richard Vernon	6,123
	Liberal	Eugene Wason	6,118

General Election 1885: Ayrshire South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Wason	7,357
	Conservative	Major-General Claud Alexander	5,447

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Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

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